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This is from another post, but I need help.
you'd think with the amount of time I spend on here I'd know this butI guess I never paid attention to this subject....
Why is the speedo gonna be off and what do you mean by "a lot"? I was going to order 215/55/16's (yoko v4's) tomorrow. My friend has them on his 99 and he loves then (not lowered though). I'm also putting Comptech springs and sways on and I really dont want to have a problem with rubbing. Please help!!!![](http://www.acura-tl.com/ubb/confused.gif)
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Originally posted by Red Hot TL:
if you put on 215s, your gauges will be off a lot, that's a no doubt,
if you put on 215s, your gauges will be off a lot, that's a no doubt,
Why is the speedo gonna be off and what do you mean by "a lot"? I was going to order 215/55/16's (yoko v4's) tomorrow. My friend has them on his 99 and he loves then (not lowered though). I'm also putting Comptech springs and sways on and I really dont want to have a problem with rubbing. Please help!!!
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Jason
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He's not kidding in that it will be off... but not by too much.
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Our stock tire has a circumf of 80.69" while the new tire will have 79.52". The difference in size will cause the gauges to display the wrong info. As a result of your changing tires to the size you mentioned, your speedo will read 1.46% faster than it actually is. To me that's pretty negligible.
Out of curiousty, why don't you go to the site and calculate how much of a difference that 225/40/18 rims owners are getting.
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Our stock tire has a circumf of 80.69" while the new tire will have 79.52". The difference in size will cause the gauges to display the wrong info. As a result of your changing tires to the size you mentioned, your speedo will read 1.46% faster than it actually is. To me that's pretty negligible.
Out of curiousty, why don't you go to the site and calculate how much of a difference that 225/40/18 rims owners are getting.
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Actually, 225/40/18's are a lot smaller than stock as well, so the speedo will be reading faster than usual.. 215/45/18 is the best size to match the overall size of the stock 205/60/16's our cars come with, but there is a very small number of tires that come in that size..
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Tire Rack only has two Yokohama's in that size. One is a grand touring, the other is standard touring.
Go for 225/55-16 and check out the Avs-db.
Much closer to stock circ. and overall dia. so speedometer will be almost out of the picture.
Check your PM.
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Go for 225/55-16 and check out the Avs-db.
Much closer to stock circ. and overall dia. so speedometer will be almost out of the picture.
Check your PM.
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sorry about the "a lot", it'll be off, but compare to 225/55/16s, I think it's a lot more. it's a total circumference of stock (65.24cm) VS 225/55/16 (65.39cm) VS 215/55/16 (64.29cm). not too much, but if you can get the error to minimum by putting on 225/55/16s and it doesn' rub, I don't see why not... just a suggestion that might work the best.
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Originally posted by Shoofin'TL:
Actually, 225/40/18's are a lot smaller than stock as well, so the speedo will be reading faster than usual.. 215/45/18 is the best size to match the overall size of the stock 205/60/16's our cars come with, but there is a very small number of tires that come in that size..
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Actually, 225/40/18's are a lot smaller than stock as well, so the speedo will be reading faster than usual.. 215/45/18 is the best size to match the overall size of the stock 205/60/16's our cars come with, but there is a very small number of tires that come in that size..
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